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Georgia O'Keeffe
Canadian Barn, 1932
Image: okeeffe_CR810_canadian-barn_713982.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Canadian Barn, 1932
Oil on canvas, 9 x 12 inches
CR No. 810
Oil on canvas, 9 x 12 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 810

The corner of a bright white barn with a black pitched roof stands on a thin strip of green land. A large black door leading into the barn gapes at the right of the image. Blue sky is visible to the left of and above the structure.

CR No. 810

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Canadian Barn

Source of title: backing inscription 1, Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, April 1946" [notes inscriptions 1, 2]. Shows left end of barn. White barn with black roof and door. Blue sky, strip of green at bottom." (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. "Canadian Barn – 32" (graphite) 2. OK {5star} (graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

(The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY); Oliver B. James, New York, NY, 1948; Estate of Oliver B. James, 1955; Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, NY, sale no. 1916, lot no. 18, 1955; (The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY); The artist, 1955; (The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY); Private collection, Western Pennsylvania, 1956; Estate of private collector, 1989 (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 8/26/2026

Source System ID

8814

Other IDs

810, Catalogue Raisonné

Conservation

Information is from the most recently submitted report, please contact the current owner to verify updated details.
REPORT NOTES

Published with corresponding artwork entry in Georgia O’Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné (Lynes, 1999), this historical conservation information documents treatment decisions made during the artist’s lifetime. Lynes quotes information found on backing labels, and, when noted, from other sources.

CONDITION NARRATIVE

"Sprayed with butyl methacrylate polymer, March 1948. Keck" (Keck typed label).